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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Approaches to the Common Core: ARGUMENT VS. EVIDENCE, THE BIG PICTURE
One of the things students struggle with the most—and it’s relevant to every grade and subject—is distinguishing between argument and evidence. This problem manifests itself in both reading and writing: in reading, students often cannot pick topic sentences or thesis … Continue reading
Posted in Argument, ELA Common Core Standards, Evidence, Reading, Writing
Tagged Argument, ELA Common Core Standards, Evidence, Reading, Writing
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Approaches to the Common Core: IDIOMS ARE SPEED BUMPS*
Some people refer to paraphrasing as “literal comprehension,” meaning, “You can tell what is literally going on or being said.” And to some extent, that’s accurate. But there’s more to it. In any given sentence, FIGURATIVE things are also happening … Continue reading
Approaches to the Common Core: UNPACKING SYNTAX AND GRAMMAR*
We’ve established that in order to paraphrase, you need to unpack syntax and grammar. So, how should you teach grammar? For many years, I wrestled with this question. Should it stand alone, or somehow be incorporated into writing instruction? For … Continue reading
Approaches to the Common Core: ROOT OF THE WEEK*
We’ve established that in order to paraphrase, you need to unpack vocabulary. And in order to unpack vocabulary, you need word-attack skills and knowledge of roots (e.g., Latin and Greek roots, prefixes, and suffixes). While some schools use “The Word … Continue reading
Approaches to the Common Core: HOW TO PARAPHRASE*
One of the most fundamental skills you need in order to comprehend ANYTHING is the ability to put things in your own words—in other words (wink, wink), to paraphrase. Given how important this skill is, it’s stunning how few people … Continue reading
Approaches to the Common Core: TEACHING “WHAT’S IMPORTANT”*
For me, the problem became apparent even before the Common Core came to town. One day as several colleagues and I analyzed the results of a 9th-grade critical reading assessment, we noticed that students had done poorly on “inferring main … Continue reading
Posted in ELA Common Core Standards, Main Idea, Nonfiction, Reading, Reading Informational Text, Reading Literature, The Literacy Cookbook BOOK, TLC Website Resources
Tagged ELA Common Core Standards, Main Idea, Nonfiction, Reading Informational Text, Reading Literature, The Literacy Cookbook BOOK, TLC Website Resources
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Approaches to the Common Core: NONFICTION VS. EVERYTHING ELSE*
Label the following genres as NF (Nonfiction) or F (Fiction). Even if you think some could be BOTH, pick the one that is MOSTLY true. Novels F Newspaper articles Math textbook passages Science textbook passages Social studies … Continue reading
Approaches to the ELA Common Core Standards: CURRICULUM RESOURCES
Writing CURRICULUM? Looking for RESOURCES? 1. Make sure you have ready access to the standards, which you can find here in PDF or on the “Standards” page of The Literacy Cookbook in Excel. (PS–To download the “K-12 ELA Common Core … Continue reading
Approaches to the Common Core: OUTLINING YOUR FIRST UNIT
If you have done the work of paraphrasing the RIT standards and brainstorming on ways to teach them (and assuming you don’t have a curriculum that is already aligned, which is true for most people), start mapping out your first … Continue reading
Posted in Analyzing the Common Core Standards, Argument, Curriculum, ELA Common Core Standards, Evidence, Genre, Inference, Paraphrasing, Professional Development, Reading, Reading Informational Text, TLC Website Resources, Writing
Tagged Analyzing the Common Core Standards, Argument, Curriculum, Evidence, Genre, Inference, Paraphrasing, Professional Development, Reading, Reading Informational Text, TLC Website Resources, Writing
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Approaches to the Common Core: HOW CAN I TRAIN MY STAFF?
If you’re in charge of facilitating staff development on the Common Core, I would recommend that you spend an hour on your own working through one grade’s RIT standards. For each standard, do what I just did with RIT 5.1: … Continue reading
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Tagged Analyzing the Common Core Standards, Inference, Paraphrasing, Professional Development, Reading, Reading Informational Text, TLC Website Resources
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